Aiken County Democratic Party meets at 7pm on the 3rd Thursday of every month at The Aiken County Council Building  We meet to foster active interest in the local, state and national Democratic Party, to support campaigns, educate, and to engage in grassroots activism.
Upcoming Events, Meetings 
 Details here  
& watch for our emails!!     
May 3 and 4 
The South Carolina Democratic Party
Convention
Schedule, Speakers
and Delegate Information Packet  

YOU can help out 
Elizabeth Colbert-Busch win
the SC district 1 congressional seat 
and beat 
Mark "Appalachian Trail" Sanford!
GO HERE TO SEE HOW!



Check Out The DNC's Platformhttp://www.aikencountysc.gov/DspLoc.cfm?qLocID=CLhttp://www.aikencountysc.gov/DspLoc.cfm?qLocID=CLEvents/Events.htmlhttp://www.scdp.org/2013-state-convention/http://www.scdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2013-Convention-Packet-FINAL1.pdfhttp://www.aikencountydemocrats.org/ACDP/Economic_Link.htmlhttp://www.democrats.org/democratic-national-platformshapeimage_11_link_0shapeimage_11_link_1shapeimage_11_link_2shapeimage_11_link_3shapeimage_11_link_4shapeimage_11_link_5shapeimage_11_link_6

MONTHLY MEETING & Info

NEWS

From our chairman, Harold A. Crawford: 


A report from 2nd ACDP Vice Chair follows--

SC General Assembly Outlook for 2013-14 Term
From the discussions that are already occurring, we know that the General Assembly will be spending much of the new session on ethics legislation, state computer security, government reorganization, early voting and election issues concerned with last years's filing debacle, the Affordable Care Act, and the always important budget.   ...

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

STATE & LOCAL NEWS

ECONOMIC Links & Information

LINK for detailed info on the new Voter ID law

link for more news info...

Increasing the minimum wage a bad idea? Ask execs who pay even more ...

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Who is ALEC?  (Members are mostly Republicans .. here's the SC list <-ask them why are they members?) ... how they are ruining the middle class? ...   This what ALEC's effect has been on Labor's share of income  .. Watch ETV Sept 30th for a full report on ALEC ...
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$21 TRILLION - maybe more hidden by the wealthy off-shore ....

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Companies that want better workers need to pay more ...

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Austerity Pushes The UK Back Into Recession - Will American Conservatives Learn The Lesson? ...       

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How the House GOP's Budget Would Hurt Kids ... House GOP would slash billions in benefits for low-income disabled kids

S.C. Early Voting Bill Limit Early Voting ... 

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S.C. House reject Democrats' effort to expand Medicaid program ...

Despite health challenges, Southern states resist Medicaid expansion ...
S.C. missing out on Medicaid Expansion & what we're losing ... SC Hosp Assoc Support..

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For Southern Democrats, all politics are local ...

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Republicans who didn't vote for Violence Against Women Act say they did anyway  ...

The Importance of Midterm Elections:

         Latest SCGOP Scandal